The Airlords of Han Philip Francis Nowlan Scott Reeves 9781503212893 Books
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It is 2420 A.D., one year after mining engineer Anthony “Buck” Rogers awoke from nearly 500 years of suspended animation. The down-trodden Americans have their Han overlords on the run, and victory seems near. But then Rogers is captured, and the Hans try to wring out his secrets—secrets which could send the American war effort crashing to an ignominious defeat… The Airlords of Han is the amazing sequel to Armageddon 2419 A.D.
The Airlords of Han Philip Francis Nowlan Scott Reeves 9781503212893 Books
This is the second of the books that inspired the Buck Rogers franchise in comic strips, movies, tv, and radio. The first was Armageddon 2419 A.D.Both books are best read, I think, out of curiosity about where Buck Rogers came from. They aren’t the greatest of science fiction writing, although they are fun and very pulpy — they were both originally published in Amazing Stories magazine.
The story picks up after the story in Armageddon 2419 A.D. The Han have ruled what had been America for centuries. But their empire is in trouble, due to their own decline and due to the enduring moral and spiritual virtues of the American people. And the Americans get a big shot in the arm from Anthony Rogers, now awakened from a long, time-traveling-like sleep. Rogers (later renamed Buck in the comics and serials to come) was trapped in a mine cave-in in 1927 and kept in suspended animation by radioactive gas released in the cave-in.
The world that Rogers awakens to is an extension of the world he left, with Russia and China, mainly China having become an overwhelming imperial force.
The conflict between the resurgent Americans, now organized into allied tribes, and the Han (the Chinese lords) is defined by moral differences. The Han are a degraded race. Once their imperial superiority was established, they relied on their advantage to live lives of self-indulgence, leading to moral and physical decay. They are weak, morally and physically, and unequipped for the competition that comes from the rebellious spirit of the Americans.
The 25th century is all about war — to be fair, a war of rebellion of America against the empire of the Han. The Han are out-technologied, out-strategized, out-couraged, and just plain outed as weak, immoral, and arrogant. An empire in steep decline.
Anthony Rogers is a warrior-strategist, bringing the courage, cunning, and moral superiority of the 20th century to ally with the Americans of the 25th, inspiring them and maybe lighting a stronger fire under that same moral superiority that endured through subjection to the Han empire for centuries.
It’s not deep, there’s not a whole lot of character development, but then again, that’s not what this is about. It’s fun, and it’s a pretty big helping of chest-thumping.
There’s an interesting twist at the end. It turns out the Han might not be the Chinese after all. They may actually be conquerers of the Chinese, with an extraterrestrial origin. I’d love to know the thinking behind why this twist was thrown in at the very end.
Fun reading is you’re a fan of Buck Rogers.
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The Airlords of Han Philip Francis Nowlan Scott Reeves 9781503212893 Books Reviews
Loved this as a kid. Awesome to find for free on .
Excellent
A classic, dated but worth the time to read.
The sequel to "Armageddon - 2419 A.D." This is a great read also.
This is the sequel to Armageddon 2419 A.D. Written in 1929 you will read about credit cards, cable TV , drone aircraft and the fight for American Independence once more. A fun read from the year of the Great Dpression.
Wonderful adventure. Interesting to see how visionary Philip Francis Nowlan was in seeing the world powers that would be. Also, far better than the Buck Rogers TV show. Wish they would make a movie from this!
Armageddon 2419 is supposedly the book that Buck Rogers was based on... Airlords of Han is the sequel. It really should be all one story. Interestingly, the main character, Anthony Rogers, is never called "Buck" in either book. The Buck Rogers serials and TV show were all about his adventures in space. Space travel never shows up in either book, but the stories are engaging. Considering the time that this was written, it is pretty amazing that the author predicts World War II, although the outcome is different. He also talks about nuclear weaponry, which did not exist at that time. Definitely worth a read if you like scifi.
This is the second of the books that inspired the Buck Rogers franchise in comic strips, movies, tv, and radio. The first was Armageddon 2419 A.D.
Both books are best read, I think, out of curiosity about where Buck Rogers came from. They aren’t the greatest of science fiction writing, although they are fun and very pulpy — they were both originally published in Amazing Stories magazine.
The story picks up after the story in Armageddon 2419 A.D. The Han have ruled what had been America for centuries. But their empire is in trouble, due to their own decline and due to the enduring moral and spiritual virtues of the American people. And the Americans get a big shot in the arm from Anthony Rogers, now awakened from a long, time-traveling-like sleep. Rogers (later renamed Buck in the comics and serials to come) was trapped in a mine cave-in in 1927 and kept in suspended animation by radioactive gas released in the cave-in.
The world that Rogers awakens to is an extension of the world he left, with Russia and China, mainly China having become an overwhelming imperial force.
The conflict between the resurgent Americans, now organized into allied tribes, and the Han (the Chinese lords) is defined by moral differences. The Han are a degraded race. Once their imperial superiority was established, they relied on their advantage to live lives of self-indulgence, leading to moral and physical decay. They are weak, morally and physically, and unequipped for the competition that comes from the rebellious spirit of the Americans.
The 25th century is all about war — to be fair, a war of rebellion of America against the empire of the Han. The Han are out-technologied, out-strategized, out-couraged, and just plain outed as weak, immoral, and arrogant. An empire in steep decline.
Anthony Rogers is a warrior-strategist, bringing the courage, cunning, and moral superiority of the 20th century to ally with the Americans of the 25th, inspiring them and maybe lighting a stronger fire under that same moral superiority that endured through subjection to the Han empire for centuries.
It’s not deep, there’s not a whole lot of character development, but then again, that’s not what this is about. It’s fun, and it’s a pretty big helping of chest-thumping.
There’s an interesting twist at the end. It turns out the Han might not be the Chinese after all. They may actually be conquerers of the Chinese, with an extraterrestrial origin. I’d love to know the thinking behind why this twist was thrown in at the very end.
Fun reading is you’re a fan of Buck Rogers.
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